Complete Technique – Book 1 RHODA JANICE TUCKER

Pédagogie

Description :

Written by Janice Tucker Rhoda, author of the popular ABCs of Strings method, the Complete Technique For Double Bass series is designed for advanced beginners to upper level students wishing to learn or improve their left hand and right arm bow skills.
Starting in first position, and proceeding carefully through the higher positions, these method books use short studies to demonstrate specific technical ideas.
The book starts with solidifying the combination of note reading, rhythm, and bow distribution, then quickly progresses to a variety of bowing techniques and use of positions 1 - 7, half and thumb position, explaining the physicality of the left and right hands, arms, elbows, and shoulders. Using a mixture of more melodic studies with purely technical exercises, this book quickly gives players information and confidence to improve their playing.
Complete Technique For Double Bass - Book 1 covers and includes:
Positions 1 through 7
Half Position
Bass, tenor and treble clefs
Two octave C Major Scale to thumb position
Advanced chromatic scale
Basic thumb position
Worksheets for note-reading
Scales, arpeggios, broken thirds
Improvisational melodies
Double-Stops, chords, octaves
Harmonics
Arm Swing left-hand and bow-arm technique
Bow balancing exercises
Ballet of Shifting exercises
Quick Finger exercises
Finger Substitution exercises
Left-hand pizzicato exercises
Teaching points throughout